In addition to having the necessary basic training in radiation protection, people who have dealings with or who may be exposed to ionising radiation must do continuing education in radiation protection at least every five years. Here you will find the precise requirements.
After you have completed basic training in radiation protection you are required to do compulsory continuing training at least every 5 years. This continuing training is designed to enable you to refresh and update your radiation protection know-how.
Continuing trainings must be organised so that they cover topics as relevant to professional practice as possible on the basis of practical examples. They must cover at least two of the three following areas:
- Recap of content covered in basic radiation protection training
- Update on radiation protection know-how on the basis of the latest developments
- Implementing insights from practice or measures following events and incidents
In addition to purpose-designed courses offered by training institutions, internal events, for example those involving a medical physicist, or conferences and seminars with relevant coverage of radiation protection, also count as advanced training.
Some examples of possible forms of continuing training:
- Online e-learning, tutorials and videos
- In-house continuing training
- Practical continuing trainings
- Course in radiation protection school
- Conference/seminar covering radiation protection
- Continuing training within expert association
Accredited/non-accredited continuing trainings
For the purposes of the continuing training requirement a distinction is drawn between a continuing training accredited by the accreditation authority and non-accredited continuing training. Occupational groups exposed to elevated hazard potential are required to do continuing training accredited by the accreditation authority.
The following table shows which occupational groups must attend continuing training:
| Occupational group | Continued training every 5 years | Accredited |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear medicine professionals | 8 UI* | no |
| Nuclear medicine professionals with radiation protection expert function (RPE) | 8 UI | yes |
| Radiology specialist with HF diploma working in radiology or radio-oncology | 8 UI | no |
| Radiology specialist with HF diploma working in nuclear medicine (non-RPE) |
16 UI | no |
| Radiology specialist with HF diplome working in nuclear medicine (RPE) | 16 UI | yes |
| Medical physicists | 8 UI | yes |
| Radiopharmacists (RPE) | 16 UI | yes |
Accredited institutes
The following table provides a list of institutes providing accredited continued training courses:
| Institute | Training course | Duration* |
|---|---|---|
| ABC Zentrum - Kompetenzzentrum | ERFA | 4 UI |
| Association romande de radioprotection ARRAD | various continuing training courses in radiation protection (in french) |
7 UI |
| Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois CHUV Service de médecine nucléaire et imagerie moléculaire |
1 to 2 UI per course | |
| CMI-experts GmbH | Webinar Modules 1-8, 13, 14, 16 and 17 |
|
| Eidgenössische Kommission für Strahlenschutz KSR | Strahlenschutzseminar | 8 UI |
| EDUMED AG | Fortbildung für Strahlenschutz-Sachverständige in der Nuklearmedizin | 4 UI |
| Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) | Aggiornamento in radioprotezione per Periti in Medicina Nucleare |
16 UI |
| Fachstelle Sicherheit Universität Bern | Fortbildung im Strahlenschutz für Strahlenschutz-Sachverständige beim Umgang mit offenem radioaktivem Material in einem Arbeitsbereich B/C | 4 UI |
| Fachverband für Strahlenschutz e.V. | Jahrestagung des Fachverbands für Strahlenschutz e.V. | 16 UI |
| Kantonsspital Aarau | 2 UI | |
| Kantonales Laboratorium Basel-Stadt Interessengemeinschaft Strahlenschutz (IGS) |
2 UI | |
| Luzerner Kantonsspital | 1 UI | |
| Institut de radiophysique CHUV (IRA) | Perfectionnement Experts BC | 8 UI |
| Cours de post-formation TRM | 4 UI | |
| Réunion d'information en radioprotecion | 4 UI | |
| PSI Bildungszentrum | Anerkannte Fortbildung für Strahlenschutz-Sachverständige, Arbeitsbereiche B und C | 8 UI |
| Vermeidung hoher Extremitätendosen beim Umgang mit radioaktiven Stoffen in der Nuklearmedizin | 8 UI | |
| Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin SGNM | Fortbildung im Strahlenschutz für Fachärzte für Nuklearmedizin während des Schweizerischen Kongresses für Nuklearmedizin | 1 to 2 UI |
| Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Radiopharmazie / Radiopharmazeutische Chemie SGRRC | Swiss Radiopharmacy Day | 8 UI |
| Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Strahlenbiologie und Medizinische Physik SGSMP | ||
| Stadtspital Zürich Triemli Institut für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Fachstelle Strahlenschutz |
16 UI | |
| Suva | Fortbildung im Strahlenschutz - SPF |
8 UI |
| Seminar Strahlenschutz bei der Werkstoffprüfung - SPB |
8 UI | |
| SVMTR | Jährliche Strahlenschutz-Fortbildung der Fachstelle Nuklearmedizin des SVMTR | 6 UI |
| Section Romande de l’Association suisse des techniciens en radiologie médicale (ASTRM) | 16 UI | |
| Universität Zürich | Strahlenschutz in der Medizin NUK elementes A-H |
1 UE per element |
| Universitätsspital Basel Radiologische Physik / Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin |
16 UI | |
| Winter School | Strahlenschutzausbildung der Winter School | 24 UI |
| Zentrum für Protonentherapie am Paul Scherrer Institut | Experimental Program Meeting | 1 UI |
Last modification 12.11.2024
Contact
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Division of Radiological Protection
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
3003
Bern
Switzerland
Tel.
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